Union: GM Ohio plant will keep Cruzin'

General Motors Co. has canceled a week of downtime that had been slated for later this month at its Lordstown assembly plant in Ohio, according to a union website.

UAW Local 1112 says on its website that the Detroit automaker has axed previously announced downtime for the week of Aug. 26. The plant builds the compact Chevrolet Cruze and a new diesel powered version of the compact that recently went on sale.

In late July, The Associated Press reported that GM was taking down the plant for a week in August to maintain the balance of supply and demand.

Sales of the Cruze soared 70.2 percent in July over the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales of 159,136 Cruze vehicles through July are up 23.5 percent compared to the same period in 2012.

GM said earlier this month that it had 50 days supply of the Cruze at the end of July, compared to an average of 68 days supply for all its vehicles.